Toddler hit as men’s fight ends in shotgun blasts

Officials tell the Galveston newspaper that the toddler’s injuries were not life-threatening, but could cause permanent disability.

The child was flown to University of Texas Medical Branch in critical condition after being hit in the arm about 2 a.m. Sunday. Authorities charged Roger Anthony Winston, 21, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, The Daily News reports.

Winston and another man got into a fight at Bayridge apartments in the 3000 block of East League City Parkway, the website reports, and the child was asleep on a couch at the time.

Winston was being held Monday at Galveston County Jail, The Daily News report.